CUAPOS512 — Perform primary and secondary colour correction
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What an assessment for CUAPOS512 must cover
52 assessable components: 5 elements (26 performance criteria), 9 performance evidence and 8 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 9 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Clarify post-production briefs
- 1.1Obtain brief and confirm production requirements and timelines in consultation with required personnel
- 1.2Select and test codecs for acquisition in collaboration with camera operators
- 1.3Evaluate creative treatment for colour grade of program
- 1.4Select suitable colour grading software for work
- 1.5Test workflow for proposed media and confirm metadata compatible with chosen software, rectifying if required
2 Prepare assets for colour grade
- 2.1Check video monitor calibration and organise correction as required
- 2.2Choose media drive with required performance for media assets
- 2.3Ingest media and metadata assets and make required adjustments for colourspace variations
- 2.4Check transferred metadata references desired edits according to production requirements and adjust as required
- 2.5Perform backups of all supplied and generated media and metadata
3 Perform primary colour grade
- 3.1Select lookup table (LUT) for media that meets production requirements where necessary
- 3.2Read and check contrast and colour values using technical scopes
- 3.3Adjust contrast, colour and saturation of clips to correct for imbalances and set to neutral tone
- 3.4Ensure sequential shots from scenes are matched according to production requirements
- 3.5Adjust neutral tone for creative effect according to production requirements as required
4 Perform secondary colour grade
- 4.1Choose clips that require secondary colour grading
- 4.2Make selective adjustments to parts of images based on colour, contrast or shapes
- 4.3Combine multiple secondary corrections in one clip
- 4.4Adjust and change values of secondary colour corrections over time as required
- 4.5Create and store different colour grade versions of same clip as required
- 4.6Discuss primary and secondary colour grading with required personnel and make changes as required
5 Create and output deliverables
- 5.1Check production requirements and supplied specification documents for required output files
- 5.2Create low resolution output files
- 5.3Create high resolution output files and confirm compliance with specification documents
- 5.4Create metadata files as required
- 5.5Archive media and metadata according to organisational procedures
Performance evidence
- perform primary and secondary colour correction for at least one production.
- interpret and respond to briefs and other production documentation and meet: technical and creative criteria, required timelines
- liaise with required personnel throughout production
- colour grade moving images using: industry standard colour grading software, media and metadata workflows
- assess colour grading equipment for calibration according to production requirements
- apply attention to detail and assess and image quality according to production requirements
- specify and use correct codecs and compression for media to be colour graded
- utilise file management protocols for transferring media between software applications
- organise and file media assets according to production requirements
Knowledge evidence
- differences in colour grading processes for television, online broadcasting and digital cinema
- common codecs used when performing colour correction
- ways colours are used to affect audience mood
- industry standard software used when performing colour correction
- organisational procedures for archiving media and metadata
- common colour grading techniques and their applications including: correcting for imbalances, setting neutral tone
- typical issues and challenges of colour grading for complex productions and common solutions
- differences between different colour spaces
Foundation skills
- Oral communication: Provides information and discusses ideas, requirements and solutions using clear, specific language
- Oral communication: Obtains information and confirms understanding using listening and questioning techniques
- Reading: Interprets required documentation, extracts and reviews important information and establishes job requirements
- Writing: Records and updates documentation with required information and instructions
- Initiative and enterprise: Analyses project documentation and feedback from required personnel and makes project-related decisions
- Planning and organising: Plans, organises and sequences complex tasks and workload
- Self-management: Understands and complies with organisational procedures for storage of information
- Teamwork: Discusses goals and outcomes with colleagues using selected communication methods and practices
- Technology: Uses features of vision and sound editing software and associated equipment
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What does an assessment tool for CUAPOS512 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUAPOS512 needs to address all 52 unit components: 5 elements with 26 performance criteria, 9 performance evidence requirements, 8 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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